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Definition of gracile in US English:

gracile

adjective

Anthropology

1(of a hominid species) of slender build.

‘But today, there are eight putative species of early gracile hominid - and a number of the most recent and most ancient have characteristics that might force a re-interpretation of our earliest ancestry.’

‘Some are stocky, others are slender and gracile in body shape.’

‘Alternatively, Homo habilis may stand on the evolutionary line between the gracile Australopithecines and Homo erectus.’

‘This was also the age of ‘Lucy,’ Australopithecus afarensis, and the radiation of robust and gracile hominids which produced the genus Homo.’

‘Fossil evidence links human ancestry with populations that evolved from modern gracile morphology in Africa 130,000-160,000 years ago.’

1.1(of a person) slender or thin, especially in a charming or attractive way.

‘She was gracile, and her curves seemed liquid smooth.’

‘She is gracile and delightful.’

‘Males are generally smaller, more gracile and more angular than females.’